Historical Events
1498 – Emperor Maximilian I orders appointment of a conductor, two bass singers and six choir boys, establishing the Vienna Court Music Ensemble; later includes Vienna Boys Choir
1799 – Ranjit Singh’s men take up their positions outside Lahore
1862 – Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1957 – Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast
1969 – Canada’s House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet, born in Zafarabad, British India (d. 2005)
1931 – David Eddings, American sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2009)
1943 – (Salvatore) “Toto” Cutugno, Italian pop singer-songwriter (“L’Italiano”, Eurovision, 1990; “Insieme: 1992”), born in Tendola, Tuscany, Italy (d. 2023)
1944 – Jürgen Grabowski, German footballer (44 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt 441 games), born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 2022)
1966 – Gundula Krause, German folk violinist, born in Göttingen, Germany
Famous Deaths
1348 – John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies
1572 – Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72), dies at 51
1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British author who brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice, dies at 71
1970 – Allen Lane, English publisher and founder of Penguin Books, dies at 67
2021 – Dilip Kumar [Muhammad Yusuf Khan], Indian Bollywood actor known as the “Tragedy King” and one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema (Jwar Bhata), dies at 98